The Five Bells

3.5 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Garden
Twin Room
Billiards
Front of property
Bar (on property)

Reviews

9.0 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
The Cross, Lower Street, Eastry, Sandwich, England, CT13 0HX
  • Betteshanger Park
    5 min drive
  • Secret Gardens of Sandwich
    5 min drive
  • Salutation Gardens
    6 min drive
  • Lydd (LYX)
    62 min drive

Room options

Double Room (Double Spacious Room / Family)

  • 32 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed, 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Double Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Twin Room

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Sandwich

Located in Sandwich, The Five Bells is within a 5-minute drive of St. Mary the Blessed Virgin Church and Barnsole Vineyard. .This inn is 3 mi (4.9 km) from Sandwich Guildhall Museum and 3.2 mi (5.2 km) from Secret Gardens of Sandwich.

What's nearby

  • Betteshanger Park - 5 min drive - 5.2 km
  • Salutation Gardens - 6 min drive - 5.1 km
  • Wingham Wildlife Park - 8 min drive - 9.7 km
  • Royal St George's Golf Club - 11 min drive - 8.8 km
  • Deal Beach - 22 min drive - 12.4 km

Getting around

  • Sandwich Station - 6 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Five Bells - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Algar Lodge Farm Shop & Cafe - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Griffins Head - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Ossies fish & chips - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪The Black Pig - ‬4 min drive

About this property

The Five Bells

Inn with free breakfast, near St. Mary the Blessed Virgin Church
The Five Bells offers 3 accommodations with hair dryers and complimentary toiletries. This Sandwich inn provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include showers. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 3 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include electric kettles, housekeeping is provided daily, and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and an arcade/game room.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the inn's coffee shop/cafe. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary English breakfast is served daily from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary English breakfast is served each morning between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
The Five Bells has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • Free off-site parking within 7 ft
  • Street parking available

Food and drink

  • Free English breakfast available daily 7:00 AM–11:00 AM
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 bar

Things to do

  • Arcade/games room
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Playground

Family friendly

  • Arcade/games room
  • Playground
  • Snack bar/deli

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service

Business services

  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Outdoor furniture

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Step-free path to entrance
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle

More

  • Guidebooks/recommendations
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours will receive an email with check-in instructions; your host will greet you

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Five Bells Hotel Deal
Five Bells Hotel
Five Bells Deal
The Five Bells Deal, Kent
Five Bells Inn Deal
Five Bells Inn
The Five Bells Deal Kent
Five Bells Inn Sandwich
Five Bells Sandwich
The Five Bells Inn
The Five Bells Sandwich
The Five Bells Inn Sandwich

The Five Bells Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 48 out of 77 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 22 out of 77 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 77 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 77 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 77 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The area and the pub b&b was lovely the staff were extremely friendly and professional the locals who used the pub were very friendly and helpful would highly recommend a stay there thank you so much
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Simon

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Alex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Genuine old pub realky good food and pleasent place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

michael

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Grant

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely pub and staff
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Charles

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Friendly place. Made me relaxed. Unfortunately very limited parking and WiFi not great.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

RICHARD

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really lovely stay with great food and service. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

William

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic stay!
Fantastic stay! Parked out front, nice room, very comfy bed, no noise after pub hours, staff friendly as you could ever want! Had a great sleep and woke up to a fantastic full English included. Great gas/boiler shower in a separate bathroom a few feet away (only the twin I believe has a separate bathroom), and even gowns provided. Food was great, and very happy they had some 0% beers and cider and gin, as I’ve given up booze lol. A real gem of a place.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cathy

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gordon

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Exellent Accommodation First Class Staff.
Superb well run pub great helpful staff good food and drinks very clean and comfortable bed good Wi-Fi.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tony

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Kathryn

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Gordon

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Basic accommodation
Very basic accommodation.Bed was not very comfortable. Duvet too small so kept on falling off in the night.Bathroom was a short walk down the hall which is not great late a night. I usually do my homework on places to stay when I am working away from home but this got past me. I received an invitation to review the place before the Hotels.com review invitation came through and received a phone call from the owner to question my review and offering an upgrade the next time I stayed. Never experienced that before.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anna

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient for Dover
We stayed at The Five Bells as a last minute arrangement to avoid queues at Dover Ferry Terminal. It was a great choice, easy access to Dover and a really warm welcome from the staff and landlady. We had a nice evening meal and breakfast too.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Elaine

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

sean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would we stay here again? - Yes
If you want perfect this isn’t it, but if you want to stay in a historical traditional village pub with wonky floors, low door to bump your head then this is it. The checkin on arrival was very good, welcoming and easy. We were shown our double room which wasn’t grand but ideal for us and had everything we needed. The bed was comfortable and the shower was great. Although we could hear noise from the pub below until closing time it soon became very quiet - we had two excellent sleeps. The landlady Mary made us feel welcome and cooked us a great English breakfast on both days and Sam was an excellent member of staff at check in, behind the bar and serving our dinner. Being a local pub it was kitted out for many social activities. The menu for dinner was varied and on both nights we had excellent cooked meals. Parking was limited onsite but free parking is nearby. We would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

James

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jerry

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ben

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jerry

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022